4:40-He is speaking the truth here. I tried to train to be a wrestler. I enrolled in a class and join an indy league as a valet. I was horrible at the moves and selling. I just didn't have the passion for that, and it showed in the ring. It was a great learning experience and I found my real passion:counseling.
its john o'clock WWE had a video up on youtube it showed Mojo's training regime for the battle royal... noone else got a video highlighting thrir prep for the battle royal aside from strowman & Big Show
mojo is just really good at battle royal type matches he was in like 3 others since coming up and did pretty effectively in all of them including the no.1 contender match for the tag team match where Zach Ryder got injured, he was also one of 3 or 4 wrestlers who had any kind of story going in and i think it was mentioned his friend was gonna be at wrestlemania. I wouldnt of bet on it especially when braun strowman was in there but its not exactly that out there.
On the wrestling side of things I think the guy is great and anyone who is looking to get into the business would be very lucky to have him as a teacher. But I'm not sure about a lot of the things he said in this video. Personally, I don't watch NXT, but I think the idea of exposing people to these rising stars, as they are growing is a great idea and the fact that the casual fan might not know who these people are doesn't really matter. When half the crowd is pumped to see a guy on the main roster and he puts on a good show it will be easier to sell to the crowd then some new wrestler that no one has ever heard of.
Good interview. I like a lot of what AL had to say in this and other interviews. The man has a lot of knowledge, perspective, and opinions that are right on the money. Also his honesty factor is through the roof. What does everyone want??? What does everyone need???
What a great insight. Great wrestling mind. Could listen to him talk about the wrestling business all day. Wish you could do more full sit down interviews.
Mick Foley met a kid who'd been beaten by his dad. The kid surprised Mick by saying "I wish Al Snow was my dad". Mick asked him why and the kid said "Because Al Snow never beat anybody".
Al is exceptionally knowledgeable if i was training I'd seek out a guy with this level of knowledge The detail in his answers Training from a guy like Al or Regal i think would dwarf what you'd get from a bigger star who doesn't have the years.
that was amazing I can definitely see why people would spend so much money on being trained by him I could listen to Al talk about wrestling for hours it's the kind of stuff you don't hear other places
Al Snow is one of the most knowledgeable wrestlers in the business, and his perspective on the business is so intriguing and genuine. I completely agree with his points. There needs to be more of a focus on characters and relationships rather than specific work rate. It's just a shame because this is the type of stuff that isn't emphasized on the independent scene. By the time the more prominent independent workers make it to the larger national companies, their ability in creating, building, and sustaining feuds is incredibly lackluster. This isn't about mic skills or promo work, this is about having a fully fleshed out character/connection to the audience. At the end of the day, that's what people are going to recognize and remember first, and the current landscape of pro wrestling DOES NOT promote this approach to the business... even though this "old-school" style of storytelling still works.
justmenesto2 -- He broke in at a difficult time. It's a shame because Al Snow really was a gifted wrestler. His work rate is underrated, and he always found ways to seperate himself from the pack. But he was on the smaller side and his character was never taken that seriously by the bookers.
True. I always enjoyed his work, but yeah, not enough show time for him. I love it when he gets Irish whipped and he would just slide his way back lol.
I understand what Al is talking about and agree that you have to appeal to a bigger audience to be more profitable. Problem is though, WWE cannot hold the attention of the bigger audience whole year and only big events like Wrestlemania may succeed. And the result of those efforts for 1 big event can hurt the regular audience and the wrestlers/WWE the whole year. In the end, would those casual audience subscribe the whole year like regular fans ? I highly doubt it. For movies ? Yea, they can go and watch it once and move on but Wrestling is an ongoing commitment and it is hard to get people to watch it week after week or month after month what they consider ''fake sports''. Honestly, I don't even think there is a general ''mainstream'' audience everyone wants to tap into. That just means ''everybody else in the world that is not interested in out product'' is what I call ''mainstream'' audience. A movie goer is not a '' mainstream audience'' it is just a person going to a movie.
As much as I respect Al Snow, I somewhat disagree with his assertion that it is imperative to have passion for the wrestling business. In the case of Brock Lesnar he has openly admitted that he does not have any real passion for the wrestling business yet he still has become extremely successful in WWE. Now he may be an outlier to the rule but it's quite obvious that Lesnar is in the business only for financial motives.
While I think he's right that, yes, you need to have enough revenue coming in to balance the books at the end of the day and keep going, I don't think the main focus of companies needs to be drawing in new fans. Promoting exciting storylines or great new talents is fantastic; that's something that's going to appeal to hardcore and casual fans alike. Doing new, entertaining things that will draw in new and old fans is great. Wanting to reach beyond the general, clever "monotony" (of sorts) of what wrestling is, all of this is fantastic and desirable -- and all of this will appeal to every type of fan, and even to some of those who are not yet fans. My concern here is that, if you start focusing on satisfying the mainstream fans (even if they are the larger base), you will lose out on a lot of things -- especially the devotion and rapport that you may have already built up with the hardcore fans. If you develop storylines and personalities that appeal to the hardcore fans (whether as faces or heels) but then start switching the focus to something less intricate, the hardcore fans who have been loving the story until now will start to lose interest. If you make it "easier for the mainstream to watch" and add less detail but more impressive spots, sure you might get more occasional viewers, but no one new is going to be tuning in on a regular basis -- they just want to see that same wrestler put on another spotfest. And in the process, you'll lose some of the loyalty you may have built with the hardcore fans. Now, of course, I don't mean to say that, as soon as any wrestling promotion starts marketing towards the mainstream fans, everything will become a spotfest with little storyline and character development, but I think there's a big danger that they could slowly turn into that. (Look at Snow's example of comic book movies. While lots of the movies turn out great, oftentimes a big critique of those great movies is that they are, in essence, spotfests. Big CGI fight scenes with little storyline, which are great for one or two visits to the theater, but no real long-lasting impression. Why? Because the casual moviegoers have seen a dozen other great CGI fights, and the hardcore comics lovers have nothing particularly special added to their comic book experience. Overall, most of the time neither fan comes out overly satisfied.) This has turned into a long ramble, and my thanks to anyone who is still reading. My fear is just that they will take this advice and change WCPW. WCPW is what got me into watching professional wrestling. While I'm obviously still incredibly new to pro wrestling and hardly very knowledgeable, I still enjoy everything WCPW and WhatCulture are putting out. (I'll admit, I'm a total mark.) While spots and the occasional spotfest are fantastic, it's still the storylines and characters that interest me, even as a new fan. It was character and story that got me into WCPW, not spots. My fear is just that WCPW will take Snow's advice and start trying too hard to appeal to the mainstream audience, and thus lose what they're so incredibly talented at. WCPW is run and booked by hardcore fans, and they know what hardcore fans want and will like. Even if they shouldn't let us drive where the booking goes, whatever they do will surely be fantastic as long as they keep the same mindset they seem to have kept so far. Surely I can't be the only person who WCPW has brought in. I just hope they realize how fantastic they are currently and don't try to change that too much.
Great Interview, Could listen to Al Snow's insight on the wrestling business for hours. Legend.
4:40-He is speaking the truth here. I tried to train to be a wrestler. I enrolled in a class and join an indy league as a valet. I was horrible at the moves and selling. I just didn't have the passion for that, and it showed in the ring. It was a great learning experience and I found my real passion:counseling.
I still can't belive that parmesan was right with Mojo
its john o'clock What if Pacitti traded WCPW Champion Drew Galloway for a chance to beat Plumpy and that's why Mojo won?
its john o'clock WWE had a video up on youtube it showed Mojo's training regime for the battle royal...
noone else got a video highlighting thrir prep for the battle royal aside from strowman & Big Show
mojo is just really good at battle royal type matches he was in like 3 others since coming up and did pretty effectively in all of them including the no.1 contender match for the tag team match where Zach Ryder got injured, he was also one of 3 or 4 wrestlers who had any kind of story going in and i think it was mentioned his friend was gonna be at wrestlemania. I wouldnt of bet on it especially when braun strowman was in there but its not exactly that out there.
Pick of the year!
Al Snow is the man. The greatest European Champion in history.
William Regal
Kurt Angle.
d lo brown
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Shawn Michaels, lol
if this vid was 2 hours long i'd literally sit through the whole thing. I'm soaking in this wisdom like a sponge.
watch his interviews and classes on youtube
On the wrestling side of things I think the guy is great and anyone who is looking to get into the business would be very lucky to have him as a teacher. But I'm not sure about a lot of the things he said in this video. Personally, I don't watch NXT, but I think the idea of exposing people to these rising stars, as they are growing is a great idea and the fact that the casual fan might not know who these people are doesn't really matter. When half the crowd is pumped to see a guy on the main roster and he puts on a good show it will be easier to sell to the crowd then some new wrestler that no one has ever heard of.
Same here. You can actually convert everything he says to your own industry you work in. It's real wisdom.
Al Snow is an absolute treasure to the professional wrestling industry, his experience and wisdom is incredible.
I'd never heard of Al Snow until today, but I could listen to him for hours. Superb interview!
Good interview. I like a lot of what AL had to say in this and other interviews. The man has a lot of knowledge, perspective, and opinions that are right on the money. Also his honesty factor is through the roof.
What does everyone want???
What does everyone need???
Al Snow, the wrestling mind. Man, I could listen to Al for hours and never get bored.
What a great insight. Great wrestling mind. Could listen to him talk about the wrestling business all day. Wish you could do more full sit down interviews.
Man Al Snow is a wrestling genius
This is one of the most amazing interviews I've seem. Al has some great points.
Fascinating interview plumpy!
Al snow is surprisingly quite eloquent and such a interesting viewpoint which mostly I agree with.
i've met Al Snow, hes soooo cool!!!
Nikki Bellas biggest fan!!! He seems like it
Al Snow is a fucking master of this shit.
Al Snow is by far my favorite shoot. He's like a sane Jim Cornette.
More interviews like this.
I love hearing this side of the business
Al Snow was dropping gems!!!
What a great interview, Mr Snow seems like such a nice guy and a real professional. Also Adam is a good interviewer.
al snow is a wrestling genius everything he says is spot on
One of the best minds in the business.
I enjoy watching al snows videos
Mick Foley met a kid who'd been beaten by his dad. The kid surprised Mick by saying "I wish Al Snow was my dad". Mick asked him why and the kid said "Because Al Snow never beat anybody".
My god Al snow is a bloody genius
Am i the only one that would listen to Al Snow 24/7? This guy is so interesting ! :D
Ive always loved Al Snow a great wrestler tons of charisma a great gimmick and a really nice guy
This is one of the best interviews
Plumpymania is running wild!
Plumpy is so good at his job I must say
Al is exceptionally knowledgeable if i was training I'd seek out a guy with this level of knowledge
The detail in his answers Training from a guy like Al or Regal i think would dwarf what you'd get from a bigger star who doesn't have the years.
Great interview, interesting to hear his view on the hardcore/casual fans in terms of business
that was amazing I can definitely see why people would spend so much money on being trained by him I could listen to Al talk about wrestling for hours it's the kind of stuff you don't hear other places
This was a Spot on interview with Al Snow
When Al is talking about the technicality aspect all I can think of is HHH and Orton. Dudes are two of best ever in the ring.
Al snow is really entertaining to listen to, Looks for his talks on tag team wrestling and his story about Tony atlas for examples
Simon Miller, your new WWE Undisputed Champion! Its Miller TIIIIME!
Knowledgeable dude. Plumpy 4 life!
Al needs to make some smackdown appearances!
I met Al Snow at Sam's club when I was a cart guy. I helped him load up a tv. Awesome guy.
Big fan of Al Snow would love to have him back in WWE as a wrestler or manager.
Al Snow educating me here. Things i didn't know.
Al Snow is one of the most knowledgeable wrestlers in the business, and his perspective on the business is so intriguing and genuine. I completely agree with his points. There needs to be more of a focus on characters and relationships rather than specific work rate. It's just a shame because this is the type of stuff that isn't emphasized on the independent scene. By the time the more prominent independent workers make it to the larger national companies, their ability in creating, building, and sustaining feuds is incredibly lackluster. This isn't about mic skills or promo work, this is about having a fully fleshed out character/connection to the audience.
At the end of the day, that's what people are going to recognize and remember first, and the current landscape of pro wrestling DOES NOT promote this approach to the business... even though this "old-school" style of storytelling still works.
I never want to actually professionally wrestle but I'd go to an Al Snow school in a second just to hear his knowledge.
Very interesting interview, thanks.
Al always had a great mind for the business
That comic book analogy was on point
Al Snow is one of the greatest minds in this business.
I fucking love Al Snow
Don't know why Al Snow doesn't work at Nxt, such a smart old school minded wrestler
dang, somebody give that man a podcast :)
I wonder what fantasy booking Plumpy has for us
If you have the chance to get an interview from JBL have King Ross interview him plz
Love hearing Als knowledge of the sport
0:03 WRONG, IT'S PLUMPY NOW
(guess it was recorded before WrestleMania, but still lol)
look at the description
Very interesting interview.
Simon is still training?? I haven't seen an update in a long time
Al always comes across as a very smart dude.
well said
Reading the title of the video gave me a good laugh. lol
Al snow is really intelligent
Al snow is a fucking genius yet he was a mid carder how fucking how
Adam plumpied
Adam Plump-E-A
Guys; This is probably the last time we'll hear Plumpy introduce himself as "Adam"... Pretty crazy to think about! :P
Bring back Plumpy!
So, when will Simon debut for WCPW?
Al Snow speaks a whole lot of sense
Thank u taker
Al Snow is underrated
Al Snow, a life coach? The Church of Al?
Snow sounds like a really bright guy. Wish he had a bigger run back in the day.
justmenesto2 -- He broke in at a difficult time. It's a shame because Al Snow really was a gifted wrestler. His work rate is underrated, and he always found ways to seperate himself from the pack.
But he was on the smaller side and his character was never taken that seriously by the bookers.
True. I always enjoyed his work, but yeah, not enough show time for him. I love it when he gets Irish whipped and he would just slide his way back lol.
I understand what Al is talking about and agree that you have to appeal to a bigger audience to be more profitable. Problem is though, WWE cannot hold the attention of the bigger audience whole year and only big events like Wrestlemania may succeed. And the result of those efforts for 1 big event can hurt the regular audience and the wrestlers/WWE the whole year.
In the end, would those casual audience subscribe the whole year like regular fans ? I highly doubt it. For movies ? Yea, they can go and watch it once and move on but Wrestling is an ongoing commitment and it is hard to get people to watch it week after week or month after month what they consider ''fake sports''.
Honestly, I don't even think there is a general ''mainstream'' audience everyone wants to tap into. That just means ''everybody else in the world that is not interested in out product'' is what I call ''mainstream'' audience. A movie goer is not a '' mainstream audience'' it is just a person going to a movie.
I wonder what this interview will do to influence WCPW business strategy.
You're still Adam to me!!!!!!!!!!
anybody going to talk about the chick in the back?
just checked. ppl don't seem to care :o didn't even get a name for.. research purposes. sadlife. fkn grownups. so mature. smh
Mandy Leon. works for ROH.
Simon should become the leader of the all new Spirit Squad!!!!
It's not Adam
It's Plumpy
Damn Al has a smart business mind.
That isn't Adam from whatculture.com that's plumby
He's just a straight genius. Al Snow, I mean. Not Plumpy.
Adam Plumpied
Bailey Jones it should've been that
As much as I respect Al Snow, I somewhat disagree with his assertion that it is imperative to have passion for the wrestling business. In the case of Brock Lesnar he has openly admitted that he does not have any real passion for the wrestling business yet he still has become extremely successful in WWE. Now he may be an outlier to the rule but it's quite obvious that Lesnar is in the business only for financial motives.
If they do another tough enough they should bring him back for it
Plumpy just said I've been ADAM from WhatCulture!!!
Still tho
You should have asked about the kennel from hell match from his perspective
this guys wise as fuck
enlightening
Al Snow rubbed everyone the wrong way at our town's local comic convention. Everyone that met him complained about their experience.
WebVMan in what way?
Please do a how WWE should book the shield reunion and get back together
Come on Fabulous Eddie McQueen in the backround at 0:18. Random moment in wrestling and nobody will know what im talking about.
Plumpy your name is not adam.
Al Snow sounds like he knows what he's talking about
Damn.
lol
plumpy said- he is Adam.
😂😂😂😂
not sure if whatculture wrestling or screen junkies!
While I think he's right that, yes, you need to have enough revenue coming in to balance the books at the end of the day and keep going, I don't think the main focus of companies needs to be drawing in new fans. Promoting exciting storylines or great new talents is fantastic; that's something that's going to appeal to hardcore and casual fans alike. Doing new, entertaining things that will draw in new and old fans is great. Wanting to reach beyond the general, clever "monotony" (of sorts) of what wrestling is, all of this is fantastic and desirable -- and all of this will appeal to every type of fan, and even to some of those who are not yet fans. My concern here is that, if you start focusing on satisfying the mainstream fans (even if they are the larger base), you will lose out on a lot of things -- especially the devotion and rapport that you may have already built up with the hardcore fans. If you develop storylines and personalities that appeal to the hardcore fans (whether as faces or heels) but then start switching the focus to something less intricate, the hardcore fans who have been loving the story until now will start to lose interest. If you make it "easier for the mainstream to watch" and add less detail but more impressive spots, sure you might get more occasional viewers, but no one new is going to be tuning in on a regular basis -- they just want to see that same wrestler put on another spotfest. And in the process, you'll lose some of the loyalty you may have built with the hardcore fans.
Now, of course, I don't mean to say that, as soon as any wrestling promotion starts marketing towards the mainstream fans, everything will become a spotfest with little storyline and character development, but I think there's a big danger that they could slowly turn into that. (Look at Snow's example of comic book movies. While lots of the movies turn out great, oftentimes a big critique of those great movies is that they are, in essence, spotfests. Big CGI fight scenes with little storyline, which are great for one or two visits to the theater, but no real long-lasting impression. Why? Because the casual moviegoers have seen a dozen other great CGI fights, and the hardcore comics lovers have nothing particularly special added to their comic book experience. Overall, most of the time neither fan comes out overly satisfied.)
This has turned into a long ramble, and my thanks to anyone who is still reading. My fear is just that they will take this advice and change WCPW. WCPW is what got me into watching professional wrestling. While I'm obviously still incredibly new to pro wrestling and hardly very knowledgeable, I still enjoy everything WCPW and WhatCulture are putting out. (I'll admit, I'm a total mark.) While spots and the occasional spotfest are fantastic, it's still the storylines and characters that interest me, even as a new fan. It was character and story that got me into WCPW, not spots. My fear is just that WCPW will take Snow's advice and start trying too hard to appeal to the mainstream audience, and thus lose what they're so incredibly talented at. WCPW is run and booked by hardcore fans, and they know what hardcore fans want and will like. Even if they shouldn't let us drive where the booking goes, whatever they do will surely be fantastic as long as they keep the same mindset they seem to have kept so far. Surely I can't be the only person who WCPW has brought in. I just hope they realize how fantastic they are currently and don't try to change that too much.
just stop trying to make plumpy happen. it's not gonna happen.
Christos Apostolakis yes it is. check description.
Christos Apostolakis he didn't even say plumpy!
Probably because it was recorded before his defeat at the hands of a vomit-smelling, Italian cheese ...
Christos Apostolakis mean girls ha
I thought you was plumpy from whatculture.com
Ronnie Thompson read the description, this was recorded before he became plumpy
stop pushing plumpy, we want adam the normal adam.
When live reaction?
0:19 In the background
Plumpy change your name legally back to Adam Blampied